Vacancy Overview
Communication Specialist
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 800 employees and 6,000 contractors operating in over 50 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
Airswift is seeking for a Communication Specialist to work in Qatar with a major Oil & Gas Company.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering
Duties And Responsibilities
- Works with the Project Leadership Team to support the delivery of all aspects of the internal and external communications for the Onshore Project. Provides guidance and solutions on various project related communication requests such as Contractor press releases, site tours for VIPs and other visitors, All Team Meetings (Townhalls), teambuilding exercises and key messages from the Leadership Team on topics of importance (e.g. Safety, Quality, Business)
- Reports to the Head of Project Engineering and works across the four (4) Project delivery packages and Engineering, SHES, Quality, Construction and Business Shared Resources to assist in the development of communication strategies and recommendations on innovative solutions to gather project information and develop company’s internal media (written and audio-visual) output and manage Contractor media requests and press releases in alignment with company’s Public Relations protocols.
- Responsible for the development and recommendation of project communication strategies to enable internal and external communications on project status and achievements. Continuous review of project status while staying current on industry trends, EPC Contractors’ and Subcontractors’ status and worldwide events to provide guidance to the Head of Project Engineering and the Onshore Project Leadership Team on key public relations topics or events.
- Works with the Onshore Head of Project Engineering to evaluate communications strategies and develops recommendations for the Onshore Project to take forward to Major Projects for consideration based on trends, achievements and issues within the Onshore Project.
- Reviews and evaluates existing project procedures related to internal and/or external communications and recommends revisions or develops new procedures to address deviations from existing plans or procedures.
- Establishes and manages the communication protocols between the Onshore Project and various internal and external interfaces with guidance from the Head of Project Engineering and the Senior Project Manager.
- Develops presentations, writes content for company’s intranet website, reviews press releases and media inquiries from Contractors, Sub-Contractors and Vendors for approval via existing company’s protocol, drafts memos to support the Leadership Team in the communication of messages across the Onshore Project.
- Plans, organizes, and supports key events in collaboration with internal and external interfaces (e.g. VIP / Shareholder site visits, Annual and Bi-Annual Safety Summits, Major Projects Events)
- Develops and keeps a repository of standard project information with description of all facilities, key project facts as well as narratives for use in internal and external project communications to support events such as VIP site visits, special events organized by other departments that require information input from the projects.
Experience
- 5-10 years’ experience with 5 years of previous working experience in the communication and / or Public Relations field with a proven track record of successful communications management preferably in project management and / or experience with Corporate level activities. Broad knowledge in project management and safety along with general project leadership experience in administration and coordination.